rolldown-vite is a fork of Vite that uses Rolldown instead of Rollup & esbuild. Rolldown is a Rust-based JavaScript bundler designed for maximum performance.
It can be used as a drop-in replacement to test out Rolldown with Vite. Eventually, this package is not needed anymore as all changes will be merged into the main Vite repository.
And just above that, there is a note which says “Temporary package.”
rolldown-viteis not replacingvite. Vite is just migrating from Rollup to Rolldown.This is very clearly stated in the project README:
And just above that, there is a note which says “Temporary package.”
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